Was Albert Einstein was wrong?
Was Uncle Al wrong when he theorized (special relativity) that nothing in the universe can travel faster than light? The folks working at OPERA (the Oscillation Project with Emulsion-tRacking Apparatus) seem to think so and have released data they think proves it. Over the past three years, OPERA scientists at Italy's Gran Sasso National Laboratory have been counting neutrinos (non-reacting, nearly massless particles) fired from the CERN particle physics laboratory in Switzerland.
On average, the neutrinos covered the 730-kilometer distance 60 nanoseconds faster than light would take to cover the same distance.
Of course, the critics are already crawling out of the woodwork speculating about flaws in the methodology used by OPERA. Time will tell who has the last laugh!
Read more at: http://www.nature.com/news/2011/11100...
